I learned from this video that people waste A LOT of food. I always knew food waste was a problem but I never knew how much food people really waste. There are so many hungry people in the world and the fact that 1/3 of our grains go in the trash, around 40% of food in the US is thrown away. Out of the food we throw away according to the video there are enough calories to feed 150,000,000 people, that is a ridiculous amount of food waste, and that number really puts it into perspective. This is significant because world hunger is a very big issue, there are even hungry people in the US and the fact that we are throwing so much of our food away is ridiculous. It's very confusing why restaurants and super markets don't give food that's not eaten to homeless people who are starving on the streets or families that are struggling. Another problem is the in America especially the portion sizes are huge, when I go out to eat I always struggle to finish my food, and I know many other people do as well. So why are these restaurants making so much food, that they know is most likely going to be wasted. We are very privileged to be living in America, there are countries where people can't even get clean water and instead of appreciating it all we do is throw it away. A question I have now is how can we really stop this? In the video it says to not make as much food or to not buy too much food, but if food isn’t bought it’ll still end up going into the trash. So how can we really stop this? Down below is the video I reflected on.
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